Egg Foo Yung (THM S with E and FP options)

My mom’s favorite Chinese food is Egg Foo Yung–so it was important that I come up with a recipe I could make at home.

I searched and didn’t find one for THM–so did a bit of research and came up with this one–we LOVE it and I hope you do too!

You can switch out any similar non-starchy veggie for any listed in the recipe and not change it’s THM meal type. I keep with the non-starchy so it’s a nice S dinner for us–so I’ll add in finely chopped spinach, zucchini, daikon radish (shredded) and different kinds of mushroom for variation. Some folks say you should blanch or quickly stir-fry your veggies – but then you have to let them cool before you add the eggs–and I found that was more trouble than it was worth for me–so I finely chop or mince my veggies. The amount of veggies is a range–as it just depends on what ratio of veggies to eggs you like in your Egg Foo Yung–I like lots of veggies–so I usually choose the bigger range.

Let sit for a few minutes to let ingredients meld flavors and get a good consistency – while you let the pan get HOT.

Put a bit of coconut oil into the pan and pour about 1/3 C of egg/veggie mixture into the pan–next to the side–it will spread – use a spoon to keep it together until it cooks a bit–I take the spoon and fold the stuff that wants to spread back onto the rest of it. I cook 3 at a time. The first one is often not so pretty – so don’t let that get you down. I could use a round ‘mold’ to keep them perfect looking–but that’s just not my style.

E options – use all egg whites instead of whole eggs–for yellow color add a touch of tumeric (not too much as it would modify the flavors) – you can add carrots, if you want, into the veggie mix for this E–and add other non-starchy veggies that you like.

FP options – use all egg whites instead of whole eggs–for yellow color add a touch of tumeric and stick with non-starchy veggies – water chestnuts are one of the higher carbs of this–so you will want to skip those or just use a tiny amount–and add other non-starchy veggies that you like.